Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A female demon.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A female demon.

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  • noun A female demon.

Etymologies

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demon +‎ -ess

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Examples

  • But the demoness was a creature as spectacular as she chose to be, capable of impressing even a king.

    Question Quest Anthony, Piers 1991

  • But the demoness was a creature as spectacular as she chose to be, capable of impressing even a king.

    Question Quest Anthony, Piers 1991

  • That makes them easy pickings for the succubus a kind of demoness who also shows up on the doorstep, supposedly seeking shelter from the storm that whipped up out of nowhere.

    DEVIL'S NIGHTMARE 2005

  • That makes them easy pickings for the succubus a kind of demoness who also shows up on the doorstep, supposedly seeking shelter from the storm that whipped up out of nowhere.

    Archive 2005-04-10 2005

  • Now I owed the demoness a future favor in exchange for her helping me get my freedom.

    My Fair Succubi Jill Myles 2011

  • Now I owed the demoness a future favor in exchange for her helping me get my freedom.

    My Fair Succubi Jill Myles 2011

  • Now I owed the demoness a future favor in exchange for her helping me get my freedom.

    My Fair Succubi Jill Myles 2011

  • Rydstrom, too, had gone long without finding his destined demoness.

    Kresley Cole Immortals After Dark: The Clan MacRieve Kresley Cole 2010

  • When you meet your demoness and she shakes to hell your unflappable demeanor.

    Kresley Cole Immortals After Dark: The Clan MacRieve Kresley Cole 2010

  • Sarah Monette and the demoness that possesses her.

    I did not go to school today... ellen_datlow 2008

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